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Issue: The Flash #2
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Publisher: FlagThorpe & Porter
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Pages: 68
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Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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The Pied Piper of Peril!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino; alterations ?
Joe Giella; alterations ?
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway]
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Cover combines figures from story page 4, panel 3 (Pied Piper) and story page 9, panel 1 (the Flash), found in "The Pied Piper of Peril!" from The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #106 (April-May 1959). Also has new altered background.
The Pied Piper of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; The Pied Piper [Hartley Rathaway](first appearance; villain)
Barry is on time for a dinner date with Iris for the first time, but he has to run out to deal with the Piper, the self-acclaimed Master of Sound.
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Miscellaneous
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Stories of Strange Adventure

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House ad for Fantastic Tales.
The Super Gorilla's Secret Identity!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Broome
Carmine Infantino
Joe Giella
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Subject Matter
superhero
Flash
Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Gorilla Grodd
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Miscellaneous
13.67
Race for the Moon

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House Ad for Race for the Moon, consisting of text logo and price only.
The Eagle Who Caged People!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Harry G. Peter
Harry G. Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
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Miscellaneous
8
The Circus of Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Harry G. Peter
Harry G. Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Steve Trevor; the Ringmaster
A circus advertises Wonder Woman as a star, and when the real Wonder Woman challenges the fake, the Ringmaster challenges her to prove it.
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The Shrinking City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Harry G. Peter
Harry G. Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Duke Deception (villain); Queen Hippolyta; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Duke Deception attacks Skyscraper City with his R-Zero weapon, a shrinking ray, in a prelude to a greater attack on Earth.
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The Duke of Deception is called "Duke Deception" in this story; Queen Hippolyta celebrates her birthday on Paradise Island; the tallest building in Skyscraper City is Skyscraper Tower, modeled after the Empire State Building.
The Master of Earth's Twin World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Harry G. Peter
Harry G. Peter
Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten
Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor
Every time Wonder Woman turns on a light, she is transported to a parallel world, where a diabolical villain has prepared deadly traps.
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Miscellaneous
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Second instance of a parallel universe in DC Comics; the first was Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 series) #59. The villain in this story is not named, but he does note that on his world, "crime-- not justice-- triumphs," similar to the world of the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3, introduced in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #29 (August 1964).

Wonder Woman makes dinner for Steve Trevor at Diana Prince's apartment.
Wonder Woman, Amazon Baby Sitter!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Kanigher
Harry G. Peter
Harry G. Peter
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Subject Matter
superhero
Wonder Woman
Scrag; Merriweather; Millionaire's Club
As part of a bet, Wonder Woman has to babysit a whale, an elephant, and a dinosaur.
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